2nd Graders. The spider soup.

Hi all,

Last days we have been involved in a restaurant roleplay. 2nd graders have been waiters, clients or chefs. We have been working on the expressions: "What would you like...?" "I would like..." Words like orange juice, water, soup came up! A client found a spider in a soup, WHAT A MESS!!!! This group is  really into theatre!!!

3rd Graders. "What would you like?...."

Hi all,

With 3rd graders over the last days we've been working on the "I would like..." expression. We started with a roleplay in a restaurant where a very disappointed client found a spider in a soup.
We are getting into the Halloween mood, so expression like "I would like a witche's nose", "I would like the skeleton's hand" or "I would like the vampire's teeth" have been commonplace these days...

P4 In the Halloween mood!!! We are monsters!!!

Hi all!

Halloween is just around the corner and P4 are really getting into its mood!!! We are learning vocabulary such as monster, witch, ghost and many more. We played the spider game where they had to imitate different Halloween characters. They had a hell of a fun :)

5th Let's discover our classroom!

Hello to everybody:

We have done several activites related to our classroom since the beginning of the year. For example, a game of questions and answers to build vocabulary (nouns like cushion, trolley, book.. and the most common verbs to each one like sit down, bring (back), lie down...) and a game called What's in the box? to practise speaking and revise the vocabulary learned. 

Here below you can see some pictures

6B. Goals for this new course

Hello to everybody:

September is a good moment to think about goals for the next course. So, our first project, which included a short writing, was called Goals for this new course. 

In short, we introduced the topic and gave a definition of what a goal is (something that you hope to achieve), then we made a list of them and provide the students with some standard sentences to help them start writing, like"This course I have got three goals. First, I want to ..., second I want to..., and third I want to... and I want to be able to write a letter in English", I want to get a better mark in English subject...

After finishing a draft, they wrote the clean copy in a special letter, and finally they decorated an envelope to put the letter in.

Here below you can see some photos!

1A Let's discover our classroom!

Hello to everybody,

In this post I'd like to inform you all about what we have been working on since the beginning of this new course.

The project that we are carrying out is called Let's discover our classroom. It includes a wide range of activities all related to the place where we get in contact with English,: the classroom.
Therefore, our classroom is the means to build vocabulary and to build first sentences, too. We have done so by playing games, by writing, by colouring... We have also learned to count from one to ten, and more and more

We will keep informing you soon!

2A Let's discover our classroom!

Hello to everybody:

In this post I'd like to inform you all about what we have been working on since the beginning of this new course, giving you some details, too.

The project that we are carrying out is called Let's discover our classroom. It includes a wide range of activities all related to the place where we get in contact with English. Therefore, our classroom is the means to build vocabulary and to build first senteces, too. 

A session usually has three parts: a warm-up activity, at the beginning, which consists of a short speaking (either about the weekend or about the routine at school) or a game (like "Pica Paret", English version, for example); a main activity, which is related to such topic, and a final activity in a more relaxed way, how to match up pictures, or a worksheet.

We have learned a lot of new words, like whiteboard, notebook, folder, a sheet of paper, pencil, pencil case, colour pencil, markers, hightlighter, rubber (or eraser), scissors, ruler, paper clip, and more and more.

We have made our first sentences, like This is... or These are..., That is..., Those are..., and we have had the help of mimics to have it funnier. 

Another activity has been Questions & Answers abour our classroom. In short, we put three objects on a desk and we had to ask questions (and answer them) in teams, with teacher's help. Sentences like: Can you sit down on this/that cushion? A: Yes, I can (= Sure I can/ Of course...); 2. Can you bring this/that cushion?, 3. Q: Can you bring this/that cusion back?, 4.Q: Can you lie down on this cushion?; Trolley - 1. Q: Can you sit down on the trolley? A: Yes, I can, 2. Can you drive the trolley around the class?, 3. Can you bring the trolley?, Can you put yourself into the trolley?...

Apart from all these activities, we have discovered how to write dates in English by writing our birthday in a sheet of paper. This activity obviously was called When is your birthday? My birthday is... It is a fun way to review the numbers!

A few pictures here below. Enjoy it!!

3rd graders What can you do ?

After a week of playing different games about the question what an amimal is able to do , we started this week playing theatre with the question ; What can you  do ?
We watched the video of pumpkins , lesson 11 Yes I can , No I can't.
The students got inspired by this video, so next class we will continue to present the performance of each student.
The students have to act out 2 things they can do and one thing they can't do.For example ; ¨I can swim, I can dance but I can't sing ¨
This is a dynamic group with loads of fantasy and creativity. And we have a lot of fun !!

I can swim

                                                         
                                                            I can clean.

                                                         
                                                           I can't play the guitar.

2nd Graders What can the animals do ?

Hello everybody  !

With the second graders we are working with the sentences, Yes, it can ...No it can't.
We used questions like;  Can a bear climb ?  Can a bird run ?  Can a frog  swim ?
We played different games using animals  with different verbs.
As well we used the question . ¨What can an animal eat ?¨ Can it eat grass ?  Yes it can Can it eat the sun ? ¨No it can't ? ¨Can it eat meat ?¨ ¨Yes it can¨   ¨Can it eat a cloud?  ¨ ¨No it can't¨.
We made an animal out of playdough and had a lot of fun !!

p4 Being animals.....

Hello everybody,

With p4 we are working on many things....colours , numbers and animals.
Often we start on the playground.  We roll a dice , Each number of the dice is related with an animal.
The student asks:; ¨I want the dice ¨  we all say; ¨ Roll the dice ¨¨  Then we look which animal we have to act out and all students moving like , for example a horse , a chicken, a cat , a dog, a cow or a snake.
We watched the video;  ¨Walking in the jungle ¨ ( you tube simple songs). In this video appear different animals like, a monkey , a tiger, a frog , a bird , an elephant.
As well we read the book; Brown bear brown bear what do you see, a red bird is looking at me, red bird red bird what do you see?  A blue horse is looking at me
After reading the book  we made an animal out of plasteline and we introduced the vocabulary :  head,  eyes , ears , mouth, tail, and legs. The students could make a colourful animal , for example ...a pink head , a blue tail, yellow eyes etc. They used sentences like ..I want a pink head, I want yellow eyes.
We always have a lot of fun !!!

3rd Grade / Speaking

Throughout this term, my focus is using various activities to build confidence with vocabulary, because the next progressive phase at this level is conversation. In any language, verbs are absolutely essential. 
So, at this moment we are concentrating on verbs and prepositions.
We will be doing various art activities and games connected with literature and music. Below is a song we are practicing in class.

3rd Grade / A Visitor for Bear

We are doing various activities to try to build confidence  with vocabulary, but more importantly conversation. We will be doing various activities connected with literature, art, and music.

 At the moment we are reading a story ¨A Visitor for Bear¨.
We are emphasizing prepositions in, on, under, in front of, behind, next to, between...as the small grey mouse appears to Bear in his cupboard , in his cup, in his bread drawer, and then again in his kettle. 

This is story about an unlikely friendship between a bear and a mouse. Share the story together at home.

1st Grade / Prepositions

1st graders are practicing with various activities the prepositions..
in, on, under, in front of, behind, next to, between.
Here is a song we are practicing.

1st Grade/ Animals

1st Graders are in a Unit learning about Animals.
We are reading the story ¨A Visitor for Bear. ¨

This is the story about an unlikely friendship between a bear and a mouse. We are also learning about prepositions..  in,  on, next to,  as the small grey mouse appears to Bear in his cupboard, in his cup, in his bread drawer, and then again in his kettle! 
Share the story together at home.